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Hanura graft suspect remains silent after Wednesday's questioning
Disgraced: A member of House of Representatives Commission VII overseeing energy, from the Hanura Party faction, Dewie Yasin Limpo, sits in a detainee vehicle before being taken to the Corruption Eradication Commissionâs (KPK) detention center recently
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Disgraced: A member of House of Representatives Commission VII overseeing energy, from the Hanura Party faction, Dewie Yasin Limpo, sits in a detainee vehicle before being taken to the Corruption Eradication Commissionâs (KPK) detention center recently. (Kompas/Agus Susanto) (KPK) detention center recently. (Kompas/Agus Susanto)
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span class="inline inline-center">Disgraced: A member of House of Representatives Commission VII overseeing energy, from the Hanura Party faction, Dewie Yasin Limpo, sits in a detainee vehicle before being taken to the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) detention center recently. (Kompas/Agus Susanto)
Graft suspect Dewie Yasin Limpo kept quiet on Wednesday after undergoing another round of questioning as a suspect in a graft case related to a micro-hydro power plant construction project in the 2016 state budget.
The House of Representatives member from the Hanura Party faction, however, denied that her attendance at the antigraft body's headquarters was for questioning.
'Just for taking a photo,' Dewie said, smiling, as she left the KPK building at 3:30 p.m. She refused to answer any questions related to her case from journalists.
The KPK named Dewie, a member of House Commission VII overseeing energy, a suspect for allegedly accepting S$177,700 (US$127,000) in bribes, allegedly to secure the inclusion of the Papuan power plant project in the 2016 state budget.
Around 20 minutes after Dewie's departure, Commission VII deputy chairman Mulyadi also left the KPK headquarters. The Democratic Party politician was questioned by KPK investigators for around five hours about his responsibilities and functions as a House member.
"Having chaired several hearings, I was asked about the mechanism of hearings at the House," Mulyadi said.
KPK investigators caught Dewie's private secretary, Rinelda Bandaso, and four other people red-handed in a restaurant in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, on Oct. 20. The rest of the group comprised two businessmen, Septiadi and Hari, a staff member of Septiadi's named Depianto, and the Deiyai regency's mining agency head Iranius.
The antigraft body's investigators apprehended Dewie and her special staff member Bambang Wahyuhadi at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport later the same day. They confiscated S$177,700 during the arrests. (ebf)
